Christian Science Monitor Drops the Ball
I knew the blogosphere would react to the Christian Science Monitor’s series of articles on the drug war in Columbia, even as I posted my own criticisms of the piece. Why is it that folks fail to see the obvious economic implications that our current drug policy mandates? Drugs don’t cause the violence (or fund the criminals), it’s the criminalization itself.
Well, the blogs are indeed rumbling, and Pat Rogers has an excellent rebuttal to the entire series from the CSM here, and he follows up with a post today that drives home the point: FBI still not connecting the dots.
New York University Professor Barnett Rubin, who appeared before the United States senate Foreign Relations Committee recently: "If it were not illegal, it would be worth hardly anything. It's only its illegality that makes it so valuable."
So valuable – and therefore so profitable. Simple economics. End of story. How long until we wake up and acknowledge this?
